A new trading day began on Monday, with Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) stock price down -0.93% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $141.27. PAYX’s price has ranged from $114.72 to $150.71 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Technology Sector giant was 7.04%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 5.73%. With a float of $321.97 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $360.10 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 16500 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 71.8%, operating margin of 41.28%, and the pretax margin is 41.93%.
Paychex Inc (PAYX) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Software – Application Industry. The insider ownership of Paychex Inc is 10.58%, while institutional ownership is 78.14%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 14 ’24, was worth 380,070. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 13 ’24, when Company’s 10% Owner proposed sale 44,190 for $147.80, making the entire transaction worth $6,531,282.
Paychex Inc (PAYX) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.73% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.01% during the next five years compared to 10.30% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Paychex Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.39. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 9.29. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 31.79.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.75, a number that is poised to hit 1.48 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.31 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Paychex Inc (PAYX)
Looking closely at Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX), its last 5-days average volume was 1.69 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.81 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 76.83%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.69.
During the past 100 days, Paychex Inc’s (PAYX) raw stochastic average was set at 62.46%, which indicates a significant increase from 56.28% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 19.30% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 18.88% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $142.52, while its 200-day Moving Average is $129.92. However, in the short run, Paychex Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $141.01. Second resistance stands at $142.06. The third major resistance level sits at $143.41. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $138.61, it is likely to go to the next support level at $137.26. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $136.21.
Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 49.91 billion, the company has a total of 360,063K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 5,278 M while annual income is 1,690 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,317 M while its latest quarter income was 413,400 K.
